Center For Jewish History To Mark 9/11 With `Days of Awe' Panel Discussion; Three Jewish Chaplains To Offer Personal Reflections.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2002 The Center for Jewish History The Center for Jewish History is a partnership, or consortium, of five Jewish organizations based in Manhattan. It is a partnership of five organizations of Jewish history, scholarship, and art: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck will mark the first anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon by convening a panel discussion entitled "Days of Awe: Personal Reflections from Ground Zero by the Jewish Chaplains," Wednesday, September 11, 2002, at 6:30 p.m. The Center, located at 15 West 16 Street, between Fifth Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas, is home to five distinguished institutions of Jewish history, culture and art: American Jewish Historical Society The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS)was founded in 1892 with the mission to foster awareness and appreciation of the American Jewish heritage and to serve as a national scholarly resource for research through the collection, preservation and dissemination of materials , American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum The Yeshiva University Museum is a teaching museum and the cultural arm of Yeshiva University. Along with the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Foundation, the Leo Baeck Institute, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, it is a member organization of , and YIVO YIVO Yiddish Scientific Institute Institute for Jewish Research. The period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, perhaps the most somber span of time on the Jewish calendar, is known as the "Days of Awe." With Rosh Hashanah observed this year on September 7th and 8th and Yom Kippur on September 16th, the first anniversary of 9/11 falls within this time of reflection and introspection widely observed by the Jewish community. The "Days of Awe" panel will consist of Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, State Staff Chaplain of the New York Army National Guard The New York National Guard comprises both Army and Air National Guard components. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. ; Rabbi Alvin Kass, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Police Chaplain; and Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, President of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Board of Rabbis, each of whom spent significant time at Ground Zero following the attack. The discussion will be moderated by Joshua Plaut, newly appointed executive director of the Center for Jewish History (effective September 1, 2002), and will focus upon insights into the events of a year ago with religious, historical and philosophical perspectives. In keeping with the Center's commemoration of September 11th, the Yeshiva University Museum galleries will remain open for the viewing of "Art Against Forgetting: Paintings by Leonard Meiselman," and of the 9/11 Commemorative Quilt, a project of the H. F. Epstein Hebrew Academy in Olivette, Missouri, created to provide comfort to those affected by the September 11th tragedy. "Days of Awe: Personal Reflections from Ground Zero" is free of charge and open to the community. Reservations may be made by calling the Center Box Office at 917-606-8200. |
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